Copyright Can't Be Sold With More Copyright

If Public Enemy cleared every one of the samples on fear of a black planet, they'd have 6.8 million in sampling fees on 1.5 million sales. If The Beastie Boys had cleared the Paul's Boutique samples, they would have lost 19.8 million on sales of 2.5 million CDs. These albums made millions for the artists who created them and for their labels, but neither album could be made today. That's what we mean when we say that choke point capitalism can't be solved with more copyright.